Contracts Manager

ARM; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd seeks a Contracts Manager to influence governance processes, mitigate risk and lead commercial elements of tenders from Bristol. The role demands experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager and a strong understanding of the Defence sector, cyber and data where applicable.

You will develop negotiation strategies, review NDAs and collaboration agreements, and guide the Commercial team to meet business objectives while securing approvals within delegated

Qualifications

• Possesses advanced knowledge and experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager.
• Requires degree-level training or professional qualification.
• Experience in the Defence sector, including Cyber and Data.
• Understanding of company operations, products, customers and suppliers.
• Strong governance and lifecycle management knowledge applied to business objectives.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Influences governance decisions and mitigates business risk throughout the process.
• Promotes best practice and knowledge sharing across function and wider business.
• Develops negotiation strategies and obligations registers identifying key risks.
• Supports negotiations with customers and reviews commercial agreements (NDAs, Teaming, Collaboration).
• Guides Commercial team to achieve business goals as appropriate.
• Ensures approvals within delegated authority and escalates complexity or value when needed.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Defense sector knowledge

Governance & lifecycle

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree level education

Professional qualification

Job description

Contracts Manager

Location: Bristol

Contract: 6-months
Pay: Up to£55p/h (Inside IR35)

Please note that due to the nature of the work you will need to already hold active SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Influences business decisions throughout the governance process, ensuring identification and mitigation of business risk as appropriate.
• Promotes a culture of best practice and sharing of knowledge within the function and across the wider business, including communicating potential opportunities/risks across the company
• Constructs and leads the commercial and contractual elements of the governance deliverables, including but not limited to developing negotiation strategies and obligations registers that identify the key business, contractual and commercial business risks.
• Supports negotiations with potential customers and/or in relation to large or complex tenders and prepare or reviews, as required, various commercial agreements, such as NDAs, Teaming Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, etc.
• As appropriate, supports and guides the Commercial team to achieve the goals of the business.
• Responsible for ensuring business approvals within delegated authority and managing those requiring escalation due to complexity or value.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Possesses advanced knowledge and experience as a commercial/contracts advisor/manager;
• Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience.
• Understanding of the Defence sector, including Cyber and Data where applicable.
• An understanding of where the company operates, its products, customers and suppliers.
• A high degree of understanding of the business governance, life cycle management and business processes with the ability to apply them independently to meet business objectives.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional/cross site teams.